Peter Rutkoff

A New York native, Peter M. Rutkoff has been teaching at Kenyon since 1971. From 1999-2001 he held the National Endowment for the Humanities Distinguished teaching chair at Kenyon. Together with William B. Scott of the Kenyon history department, Rutkoff developed the North By South course that serves as the senior seminar in American studies. With several colleagues, Rutkoff helped develop the American Studies program, first in 1990 as an interdisciplinary program and since 2002 as an interdisciplinary major. His …